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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

Legal Planet

The missing knowledge is not primarily natural science. Political and social science must come to the fore to help develop effective responses to tipping events. Or low-carbon energy from renewable energy systems rather than nuclear power, with its needs for cooling water.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.3.24

PA Environment Daily

By Jane Fonda [ PDF of Article ] -- Scientific American: Power-Thirsty AI Turns To Mothballed Nuclear Power Plants, Is That Safe? TMI Restart] -- Financial Times: Is Nuclear Energy The Zero-Carbon Answer To Powering AI? 12 Family Day Cove Mountain Preserve; Why Does Biodiversity Matter?;

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

Responsible for nuclear physics which has given us nuclear power, and nuclear medicine which has opened up new avenues of medical treatment for such things as cancer. It's considered the Islamic Golden Age and many discoveries in the realms of the natural sciences came in this time. Nuclear Physics.